Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trains

Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2023 | No Comments

The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.

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US Passenger Rail Is Struggling But Advocates Remain Hopeful

By John Besche | Dec 2, 2022 | No Comments

Here are three core reasons why Amtrak routes are having a hard time — and some signs of hope.

An Amtrak train at Buffalo Exchange Place. Photo: Ben Turon

Opinion: Amtrak Must Restore Adirondack Service Now!

By Steve Strauss | Sep 26, 2022 | No Comments

Amtrak cut service during the pandemic, but restoring it has been difficult owing to labor shortages exacerbated by layoffs, retirements and Covid outbreaks among staff.

A piece of the Bay Ridge Branch in Brooklyn, looking east. Photo: Dave Colon

ANALYSIS: Gov. Hochul’s ‘Bi-Boro’ Train Line: How Will it Work?

By Dave Colon | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

If you read no other story about the plan, this is the one.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic

By Jeff Wood | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

At the 2021 Railvolution conference, our podcast maestro talked about transit-expansion plans and progress in several respective regions, as well as how they kept things going during the pandemic.

The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals

By Bob Previdi, Mysore Nagaraja and Howard Sackel | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.

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